New List of Locations with fare-free #publictransport

• Kębłowski List of Fare Free Public Transit Locations

Fare-free Houston, TX, downtown circulator

https://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/BusGreenLink.aspx#

Town of Maricá, Brazil, free system has 17,000 passengers per day, now adding 9 buses

 marica.rj.gov.br

Since 2013, when it was created, the EPT fleet has made over 15 million trips. Per day, the system carries 17 thousand passengers.

https://frepubtra.blogspot.com/2019/11/town-of-marica-brazil-free-system-has.html 

Fare-free transit system in North Carolina breaks ridership record

wataugademocrat.com 

BOONE — AppalCART, Boone’s free public transportation system, recorded a new record of single-day ridership on Thursday, Oct. 31, with more than 18,000 passengers, according to the organization.

Chapel Hill, NC, #freetransit a huge success

How do we do this? In 2002, Chapel Hill, working in a close partnership with the University of North Carolina and the Town of Carrboro, made our bus system fare free. It was a bold step — and it worked. Within five years, the ridership of Chapel Hill Transit more than doubled. Today, our bus system, serving a community of about 85,000, carries over 7 million riders a year, making it the second-largest bus system by ridership in the state. Our system saves thousands of car trips a day. And we are the largest public fare-free system in the entire U.S.

https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/11/occolumn-michael-parker-1104